Igniters, I would like to discuss how we communicate the status of Apache Ignite 3 to users and propose making Ignite 2 the default version on the website.
Development of Ignite 3 has been inactive since April 23, 2026, the date of the last commit to apache/ignite-3. Ignite 2 remains actively developed: 2.18.0 was released in May and 2.19.0 is being planned [1]. Users keep asking about the status, and the answers exist only in the mailing lists. In the last three months the community has replied that the project is paused [2] and recommended Ignite 2.x for new projects [3]. A request to the PMC for a public statement [4] has not been answered yet. The website currently presents Ignite 3 as the primary version: "Get started" and /docs/latest lead to Ignite 3.1.0 marked "Latest", 3.1.0 is listed first on the download page, and the Ignite 3 documentation contains no note about the status. As a result, new users choose 3.x based on the website and later learn from the lists that 2.x is the recommended option. I propose the following changes. They do not deprecate Ignite 3: the status note is dated and can be removed as soon as development of Ignite 3 resumes. 1. Add a status banner to the Ignite 3 documentation and the download page: Status (October 2026). Active development of Apache Ignite 3 is paused. Ignite 3.1.0 remains available, but no next release is scheduled and bug fixes are not guaranteed. For new projects and production deployments the community recommends Apache Ignite 2.x, which is actively developed and maintained. 2. Point "Get started" and /docs/latest to the Ignite 2 documentation and list the latest 2.x release first on the download page. The Ignite 3 documentation remains available under /docs/ignite3. If there are no objections within 72 hours, I will treat this as lazy consensus, file a ticket and prepare a pull request to apache/ignite-website. [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/7p3y7x390khfo39o6q57hcpfzpbfsfqb [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/wy2yldgydpcldxmjw6bbntx93mt2lbrg [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/02190to24181hnw44qqxo00plc51grb3 [4] https://lists.apache.org/thread/0hz3drko5cpoofosxy4g90q98qyl0xc2 -- Best wishes, Nikita Amelchev
